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Egypt’s Berber speakers cling to language in isolated oasis
Dec 02, 2020
SIWA OASIS, Egypt — Youssef Diab drives his truck through the Egyptian oasis of Siwa, singing catchy songs in a local Berber dialect that cl ...
Morocco prepares vaccine campaign, counters online scepticism
Dec 02, 2020
RABAT — Morocco hopes to launch an ambitious vaccination campaign against the novel coronavirus by year-end, but its efforts have sparked su ...
Uphill battle but Tehran aims to become bike-friendly
Dec 02, 2020
TEHRAN — One sunny day, Tehran’s mayor and foreign diplomats rode bicycles through the Iranian capital to promote cycling — no mean feat in ...
UN sees emergency aid needs exploding due to pandemic
Dec 01, 2020
GENEVA — The UN said Tuesday that $35 billion would be needed for aid in 2021, as the pandemic leaves tens of millions more people in crisis ...
Rebel shelling kills seven Yemen children — medics
Dec 01, 2020
DUBAI — Rebel shelling of government-held districts of Yemen has killed seven children over the past two days, medics and relief agencies sa ...
Trees bulldozed to make way for refugee shelters in Sudan
Dec 01, 2020
Umm Raquba, Sudan — Bulldozers are tearing down trees by the dozen to make way for shelters and provide firewood for refugees from Ethiopia’ ...
UN experts call for South Sudan arms embargo to continue
Dec 01, 2020
UNITED NATIONS, United States — A UN committee of experts monitoring sanctions on South Sudan recommends maintaining the arms embargo impose ...
Iran says Israel, exiled group killed scientist in complex operation
Dec 01, 2020
TEHRAN — Iran said Israel and an exiled opposition group used new and "complex" methods to assassinate its leading nuclear scientist, as it ...
Algeria president to return 'within days' from German hospital
Dec 01, 2020
ALGIERS — Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is to return home within days after a month of hospitalisation in Germany with coronavirus ...
Ethiopia's Abiy says has Tigray leaders in his sights
Dec 01, 2020
ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Monday Tigray region's dissident leaders had fled west of the regional capital aft ...
Knife attacks end lull in Jerusalem unrest
Nov 11, 2015
US contractor detained in Yemen dead — official
Nov 10, 2015
France says it will sign deals during Iranian president's Paris visit
Nov 10, 2015
Israel fumes over planned EU labelling of settlement products
Nov 10, 2015
Latin, Arab leaders hold Saudi summit to strengthen ties
Nov 10, 2015
Russia warns against pressing demands for Assad’s ouster
Nov 10, 2015
Second cyclone kills 6 on Yemen island
Nov 10, 2015
Search stepped up for Serb embassy staff snatched in Libya
Nov 10, 2015
400 more Sudanese soldiers arrive in Yemen’s Aden
Nov 10, 2015
French strike hits Daesh oil facility in Syria — French defence minister
Nov 09, 2015
Essebsi hails Nobel winners as saviours of Tunisia
Nov 09, 2015
Iran cyberspy group hit in coordinated European raids
Nov 09, 2015
Investigators ‘90 per cent sure’ bomb downed Russian plane
Nov 09, 2015
Israeli forces kill Palestinian in West Bank
Nov 09, 2015
Two Serbia embassy employees abducted in Libya — government
Nov 08, 2015
Lebanon arrests three for 'spying for Israel'
Nov 08, 2015
Iran appoints first woman ambassador since revolution
Nov 08, 2015
As hardliners crack down, Iran's president calls for freer media
Nov 08, 2015
Second rare cyclone batters Yemen, kills one — official
Nov 08, 2015
Suspected Russian strikes kill 23 Syrian civilians — monitor
Nov 07, 2015
19 killed in coalition strikes, clashes in south Yemen
Nov 07, 2015
US general sees air strikes against Daesh picking up
Nov 07, 2015

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